PlayerUnknown’s survival game is shutting down 6 months after launch: ‘I have reached the limits of how far I can continue to fund this journey’

Just over six months after its early access debut, PlayerUnknown’s survival game Prologue: Go Wayback! has reached the end of the road, as PlayerUnknown Productions is halting work on the project and laying off staff. The studio said that it hopes to return to the game “at a future point in time,” but for now,…

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I made treants awkwardly rub shoulders with ringwraiths in the Total War-style RTS roguelike Tabletop Tavern, and I’m surprised as anybody that it worked

Has your mini collection ever been too disparate to flesh out a fully-blooded army, and just thought: “What if all of these guys could get along?” That’s the vibe that Tabletop Tavern, a roguelike RTS that has a demo out ahead of its release next week, aims to do. Tabletop Tavern is a pretty straightforward…

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Bungie’s traditional launch woes made for a terrible first impression of Marathon’s exciting second season and undermined its free-play week

After the unfortunate end to Destiny 2’s live service support, all of Bungie’s eggs are in a Marathon-shaped basket. The studio’s immediate future hinges on the extraction shooter, so this makes Marathon’s second season, Nightfall, all the more crucial. It launched yesterday and coincides with a free-play week for those on the fence. Season 2…

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